November 4, 2009

''I've been through hell for the last year and it's caused a lot of hardship,'' [Rodell] Kenley told the newspaper. ''There's a lot of ridicule and jokes going around about this thing. And a person can only take so much.''

If there's one thing we liberals/libertarians can agree on, things like this should not be a crime at all. We liberals/libertarians can tell when a horse is giving consent; in fact, at our meetings one of our favorite phrases is "If it doesn't kick, you can use your [...]".

Really, don't all right-thinking people agree with we liberals and libertarians?

That reminds me of an article I read recently about the unmanned aerial vehicles we have flying around Afghanistan, in particular. They are mostly flown from around Las Vegas (once airborne) and some of what the operators see can be quite funny. One thing they see is a fair amount of bestiality, in particular with sheep and goats. The guys there just figure that since it is dark outside, no one can see them. Little do they know that half way around the world, people can, and do.

Wow, Ann didn't really help this lady out, did she? The consequence of working too quickly.

Fred4pres's link makes me feel very sorry for the detective in Washington, who are ordered to determine if the animals being screwed were too weak and small. Yes, Washington state, some people will fuck animals if you let them. It is rape and it is wrong in many ways, and it should be outlawed. Laughing that it seems unlikely to occur is simply the wrong approach.

It doesn't need to be a felony, but it is morally outrageous to normal people.

if the horse had a problem with it, one swift kick would have put an end to it. seems there was an implied consent from the horse.the horse's owner says she noticed that the animal was 'acting strangely'...smiling and humming softly to itself ?

IMO there are boundaries for safe living among people that are set by the taboos that exclude a sex life with (fill in the blank).This is a spiritual reality boundary that cannot be broken by uncontrolled sex lives of those in a family and those in a community. These events should not just be wished away or called outdated as Religious Beliefs.

"In a 2001 review of Midas Dekker's Dearest Pet: On Bestiality, [philosopher Peter] Singer argues that sexual activities between humans and animals that result in harm to the animal should remain illegal, but that 'sex with animals does not always involve cruelty' and that 'mutually satisfying activities' of a sexual nature may sometimes occur between humans and animals..."

I understand that Ingrid Newkirk is a fan of Singer's. This perhaps explains why publicity-hungry PETA is conspicuously silent on this issue.

At a convent, Mother Superior was talking to the young Novitiates about her experiences as a missionary in deepest, darkest Africa:

"And there we were, sitting and enjoying the cool evening breeze, when all of a sudden, a gorilla comes running out of the bush! He grabbed me! I was screaming with terror! And then he took me to his lair ... and he had his way with me!"

"My goodness!" cried one of the young girls. "That must have been horrible!"

"Yes," Mother Superior said. "And he never writes, never calls, never sends flowers..."

Isn't this a longer sentence than Mary Winkler got for shooting her sleeping husband in the back in self defense, yanking the phone cord out of the wall, throwing the kids into the van and driving to Alabama?

But he made her wear ugly shoes, so I can see why she shouldn't be in prison. He was asking for it.

Bissage...Please tell me that you didn't just bring up the issue of Civil Unions and horse lovers. First they redo our version of Mickey Mouse, and next they are coming for our version of Roy Rogers and Trigger.

I agree with William on this particular story. It is really sad that someone would do such a disgusting crime as raping a horse; however, they most disturbing information about this story is the fact that Rodell Vereen gets sentenced to three years in prison. This just shows how crazy our judicial system can be, especially to the people with money. Michael Vick served, I think, almost two years or less and now has another six figure job again. I like to see what kind of job Vereen could get after he finishes serving his sentence. I bet it will not be a job where he makes at least 100,000 dollars a year. He will be lucky to receive a job paying 30,000 dollars a year. Yet, Vick, a person who was deliberately killing and starving helpless dogs just so he could make a little money on the weekend for fighting dogs. If a man can get three years behind bars for having sex with a horse, why does the man who killed numerous amounts of dogs not still sitting in prison. And on top of all that, can anyone see Vereen being a spokesman for animal abuse interest groups?

I guess I too old and too conservative to see one bit of humor in this sad commentary. When we can make bad jokes about bestiality, we have genuinely lost our moral compass. I mean really--think hard about it. There are really some sick bastards out there.

When we can make bad jokes about bestiality, we have genuinely lost our moral compass. I mean really--think hard about it. There are really some sick bastards out there.-----------------------------------

Funny you should say that. I was looking for my compass, but I thought I heard my horse, "Mr Ed" say, "Hump my ass".